National Republican., 1887-12-10
The Carlisle Doapotism.

Inc nhJlOnh HOUSE OF representatives "
supposed to be a representative body. The
purpose Of its creation was 10 give voice b
the peoples demands, and no TO a re sent
date the majority have been fairly served In
its action. But with the organization OF
the present House begins the third success
sive term OF despotism which suppresses
the majority, and prevents all legislation
except that which is indorsed By an insIg-
niflcant minority.
Since the election OF the forty-eightb
Congress the popular demand has been for
the reduction Of taxes In such way as to
unburden the people and to prevent he nc.
cumulation Of surplus In the treasury.
The CarlIsle-Morrison cabal, representing q
comparatively small part OF the Industries
Of the United States, have sot up rule OF
legislation which is an organized assault
upon American labor aud enterprise
Through bare majority Of their party n
The House they seized upon its organic,
tiop, and since then tue Democratic mlaJf.
ity and the whole Republican side Of the
House, together constituting large ma
jorlty Of the peoples representatives, have
had no power to originate legislation aat
no voice in promoting 1t, except such ~
had the trade mark Of the Carlisle. Morriso,
diCtators. This majority have had to con-
tent themselves with defensive policy
they have easily defeated the destructiv,
schemes Of the usurping cabal, but have
been powcrless TO legisl. te for the relief Of
the taxpayers.
The instances of glarlng injustice perpo.
trated by this usurpation In The last Con-
gress will at once suggest themselves t.
those who recall Its history. 1t was wei
known fact that large majority OF tht
House were In favor Of an act at once re-
pealing the tobacco tax law, which would
have relieved the taxpayers and the pro.
ducers and prevented further accumula
tion in the treasury Of thirty millions an-
nually. Carlisle and his minority refused
to recognize any one Of the majority even
to make q motion to consider the subject
1t was equally true that large majority
were In favor OF distributing the already
dangerous surplus for the benefit Of thc
people at large. The Senate bill appropri-
ating money to promote education in the
states was stifed by the refusal Of the
Carlisle minority To allow It's consideration,
| Examples Of this despotic, rule were as
thick as flies in August. The oligsrchy
was as rigid as 1t was infamous. 1t al
lowed no latitude for debate or criticism.
1t demanded its own specious. legislation,
and refused all recognition Of the popular
| desires.
| This rule OF the cabal was made posslbl.
only by the treachery Of representative
who were elected to legislate against Car
lisleism. The voices OF Virginia, North
Cafolina, and West Virginia were emphati-
cally favorable to more liberal legislation.
They demanded relief from the interna'
revenue impositions, and the Blair educa-
tlonal bill was of special interest TO them.
But the nomination OF Carlisle silence
their appeals. The Democratic memoer.
from those states swallowed their convc
tions, and have now elected for the thirJ
time an organization pledged to free trade
as means Of reducing the revenue, anj
inimical TO all legislation to promote popu
lar intelligence.
| So long as constituencies allow them.
selves to be misrepresented in this out
rSgeous manner there can he no end Of this
rule OF an unprinciple minority. A thir,
trial Of this rule may provoke inquirIe-
among the people thus treacherously repre-.
sented. Can the people who have beeu re.
peatedly cheated quietly submit to another
fraud In the election Of men who deliber-
erately misrepresent them 1t is clear tina,
every man elected as a Democratic protec'
ZIONIST, from Randall down to the smalies,
neophyte, must come up to the support o.
the party machine engineered by the Carlisl,
despotism. 1t is equally clear that no whole
some legislation can emanate from that des
potism, and that this condition will exist a
long as constituencies who want progressiv
legislation will submit TO be strangled b,
their representatives. The remedyis simple
1t is to elect representatives who will repre-
sent. A Republican House Of Represents
tives alone can restore that body to It
representative character. Unless the ad
ministration, awed by the terrors Of an ap
preaching national campaign, advise tn
Carlisle rump to moderation and decenc
the country must walt for Republican
Congress to give 1t relief.